Reviews of Appalachian Caverns Campground

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1

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Jun 2008 -
$40.00

Bath house was in terrible shape. Broken toilet seats. Toilets were sized for pre-school kids. They advertise a view but camp sites are down in a bowl. Trash piles up at bath house and bath house is not clean. Long overdue for repairs and upkeep. If RV is low there is a drop off going from country road down into camping area and it will cause damage. Residential area and neighbors are not friendly. They drive by and yell insults into the camp ground. - rdean

Reviews of Bristol / Kingsport KOA

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4

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Oct 2018 -
$45.00

Not the best. Steep driveway to get down to site. Had to walk up steep steps or ramp to get to office on second floor of building. Exit road had overhanging limbs from tree on one side of curve and brush extending into road on other side. Manager said address it to maintenance guy who said it wasn't a problem, no one else has complained, and not his responsibility, that they have a tree service for these type issues. wasn't impressed that he didn't offer to fix problem. Wouldn't have taken long. I did call owner later and he said he'd look into it. Good water/elec and sewer. Cable was good. Apparently they prepare meals for sale and will deliver to your RV but we didn't take them up on it. Won't stay here again. - Chiefe09

Oct 2018 -
$54.00

We called and asked for a big rig pull thru site. We were escorted to our site. The roads are narrow with pot holes. The trees overhang, scraping our coach. The sites are located in a gully, so watch for rain. When asked about trimming the trees so we could get out, we were told they will be trimmed at the end of the season. Typical KOA answer! Our site turned out to be nice. We could get satellite. - Patdrin

Sep 2018 -
$50.00

Initially, we were given a 50 Amp site on which we could not get level. We did move to a 30 amp pull thru that wasn't level either but it was slightly better than the first. I tried to get a refund for the difference between a 50 and 30 Amp site. The woman at the desk reluctantly said she would credit my credit card the difference but she didn't. There are steep roads within the park and they are in poor condition. There are a very small number of 50 Amp pull thru sites. The trees need to be trimmed back from the roads. If you are looking for a level site, this is not the park for you. We will not stay here again. - juliaomurray

Reviews of Lakeshore RV Park

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10

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Aug 2009 -
$56.00

This campground is owned and operated by a very nice couple. One amazing aspect was how quiet and open it was. Unlike other race week campgrounds around Bristol they do not double or triple up on the sites. The wide sites (35') were ample to spread out your outdoor furniture and awnings and still have room to park your car/truck. The rate charged was more than fair, and in fact was less than campgrounds closer in and provided more space with peace and quiet. We have already made reservations for both spring and fall races for the next two years. - nitewalk6

Aug 2008 -
$50.00

Very clean and with owners on site. The owners offered to help in any way. They even drove my wife to the drugstore. Real neat mountain scenery. Beautiful Views. Close to lake you can fish. We will be back! - nascarcat

Reviews of Rocky Top Campground

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Sep 2018 -
$37.00

We only stayed here overnight while on the road but were very happy with our stay. Check-in was easy and friendly, and our pull-through site was fairly level and plenty long for our motorhome and towed car. There are some steep hills on the short drive to the campground, and very steep hills inside the campground. Fortunately we were able to avoid the very steep hill inside the campground by following the owner's advice and driving into a different area, turning around, and heading back through our pull-through site and out the entrance. This is a very small campground, so there are not many places to walk our dog, but the price was great and we'd return here for another overnight in the future. Since it's so small, reservations are recommended. Verizon and AT&T both had strong signals but data was a bit slow on both. - LifeRebooted

Sep 2018 -
$40.00

Was just an overnight stay. Was a nice small campground. Owner was very friendly and helpful. Big rig friendly. FHU with cable. Site gravel but fairly level with small concrete patio. We would stay here again. - milodog

Sep 2018 -
$41.00

Outstanding owners! I was greeted with a smile and preprinted paperwork. We spent more time laughing and scratching than doing the details! It's a small park, so call ahead, but it has pull throughs for us big boys and smaller popup type sites as well. This is such a breath of fresh air compared to so many other parks we stay in. We full-time and travel, so we stay in quite a number of rv parks during the year. This is absolutely better than any KOA we've stayed at and far better than most other $40 a night parks. Highly recommended for all adult rv'ers! It's 55 and over. - CalPop45

Reviews of Peaceful Valley Campground

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8

10

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Sep 2009 -
$27.00

We camped here for the Rhythm & Roots Reunion. The bathroom and shower facilities were clean, roomy, and very private. The staff was exceptional and went out of their way to assist in any way needed. We will stay here again. - Camping and lovin it

Mar 2009 -
$20.00

A Christian ministry campground, but they don't preach to you. Its alcohol free - which is good for the kids. They offer hot showers, a movie and popcorn (free) and breakfast on Sat & Sun for a "donation" - they're only there in March and August for Bristol race and offer free shuttle transportation to the race track. The workers are all volunteer, but the way they treat you, you'd think they were paid. It was a very nice weekend for our family. - MsBeth

Reviews of Thunder Valley Campground

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9

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Jul 2010 -
$90.00

We stayed at Thunder Valley for the August night race. We arrived on Thursday morning, and left Sunday morning. We had the site by the bathroom. They really pack you in for camping during the race. We were in a 20x40 spot, but it didn't' really matter! The bathrooms, were dirty, but that's to be expected with all those NASCAR fans showering. So we used our bathroom and shower in our RV. The hosts were wonderful! Would definitely camp there next year when we go back! - keywest22

Aug 2009 -
$40.00

Apparently this campground has really gone downhill in the last few years. We camped there just last week. We had a creek side site: bad idea; the creek flooded, and so did we almost. When asked they didn't know where they would move people because they were full. Our friends reserved campsites together before they left the last time. When they arrived in August they found they were split up and not at the site they had had for 5 years. The owner/mgr is pretty stuck on herself and not worried about making campers happy. They are only in it for money, and the thing is they bill months early, and then the money is all spent by the time race time rolls around. Bathrooms and showers were not clean. There are thousands, and I mean thousands of people there and 14 showers total in a bath house all the way up front. Only 5-7 of those showers worked at any one time. They have a hill in the campground that you must use to get out and most campers bottom out on it, tearing up people's RV's. On race week the drunks are up until 5am. We don't have kids, but that was ridiculous every night. And if you get an electric site they are charging $450.00 for race week. I can and am going to Bluff City. I would rather stay in a clean, well lit, calm place than somewhere as nasty as Thunder Valley. I'm sorry I gave them my $250.00 this last year; the camping was not pleasant. Heard they are in trouble with IRS about taxes also. Goodbye, Thunder Valley. - lmckee000

Mar 2009 -
$65.00

Used to stay here quite a bit but in recent years it seems like they are more interested in the condos than they are the campers. Bath houses have gone down hill and the dust will choke you. - Al Chichester

Reviews of Shadrack Campground

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Aug 2018 -
$35.00

Very awkward entrance - can only reach from one side of road and very tight turn - then after checking in, you go down a very steep but short hill. All sites are back-in but since we were only staying overnight and the park was not full, they let us pull thru on one of the back to back sites. Wifi okay. Over the air TV okay. Paved roads, gravel sites. Nice staff. - CSM Carolyn

Nov 2017 -
$28.00

As mentioned in other posts, the water and electrical hookups were centrally located for 4 sites. We parked on gravel and the site was level, dusty, but level. Good antenna reception. There were not many campers so we were able to let our 2 dogs run along the creek for the length of the park, though we probably weren't suppose to. This is the closest full hook up campground to Bristol, VA & TN. Because of this, we will be staying there again. Park is clean. The road going in and out is steep, but we pulled our 38' fifth wheeling and out with no problem. - amxpress

Oct 2017 -
$56.00

The $56 is actually for 3 nights, but we only stayed 1. More on that later. This park has a very strange entrance and exit. From the road, you can't see the driveway and really have no idea what you're doing until you are 2/3 across the oncoming traffic. It (the driveway) is gravel and sloped down towards the office. Then it slopes further down and turns to get to the sites. In order to get out with your rig (towing), you will probably need 4-wheel drive because the incline from the sites to the office / road is steep and turns. The gravel was in good shape though.

The sites are every other one gravel, every other one grass. The water is located so that 4 sites use the connection. We had to run our water hose under our RV to the opposite back end. The electric is set up for 2 sites to use. Also, the sites are arranged so that you are literally back to back. The side yards are the tightest I've ever seen. In order for us to pull out from under our 5th wheel we had to pull all the up to the front (within inches) of a motor home that was across the street from us.

We were going to stay there 3 days, but we checked the weather our first morning and discovered that there was snow forecast for the morning we were suppose to leave. We are not fond of the idea of driving through the mountains of Tennessee and North Carolina with 16,000 pounds behind us while snow is falling. We opted to leave before the weather turned. Their policy is 72 hours for cancellation refunds. We did not get any of our money back. It is their policy and I don't hold it against them, but I don't have to like it either. - jomark

Reviews of Twin Cities Drive In

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5

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Apr 2017 -
$50.00

This is a drive-in movie theatre that opens for camping during race weeks. We found ourselves here because the much more expensive camp we were in flooded. The theatre owners have terraced the hillside and installed 20 and 30 amp power taps down 2 separate rows of terrace just behind their snack bar / projection house. They have also installed men's and women's showers in separate buildings on the property. The rest rooms at the snack bar are left open for camper use too. Truthfully, this is one small step above boondocking. The power tap is the only utility available for hookup. There is water available on the property but it is near the men's shower house and requires at least 30 feet of hose to reach from the nearest road. The showers are nicer than I expected. Probably the highlight of our 2 night camp here was our interaction with the owners. You'll not meet nicer people. This isn't a campground where you'll want to plan as a destination for family vacations, but it is one you should consider if you want to attend a NASCAR race. We were able to stay 2 nights here for less than we were refunded for one night flooded out of another nearby campground. This one may not have all the amenities we all love, but nobody will be banging on your camper door telling you need to get out because the water is rising. - Joe_TUL

Reviews of Lakeview RV Park

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Jun 2018 -
$45.00

This campground was very clean and has the biggest roads I have ever seen at a campground. The sites are level and the pool is very nice!! They have a snack shop open from time to time and a stocked store. The campground is easy to find. Our family would return to this campground. It is very close to Bristol Dragway and Motorspeedway Parks. There is not a boat ramp. - Stacie C

May 2018 -
$44.00

The pictures on website and Facebook are old there isn't a river, there aren't any boats or boat access. No picnic table, no fire ring. When I said something about the river she said if I would have asked she would have told me, my bad for assuming their website wasn't lying! Sites are basically like parking in a Walmart parking lot, barely room for awning to open, had to share water with neighbors so no water pressure - vabensons

Jun 2017 -
$30.00

"Lakeview" is a misnomer. The park sits across the road from a TVA river/lake which while we were there was at low level with no water access. The park is near Bristol Motor Speedway and this seems to be it main reason for existence. WiFI was listed as available but we were in a site far from the office and had no reception. Cable is ok. Site was level and unshaded. Small dog run is nice. - Donauw

Reviews of Warriors Path State Park

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Oct 2018 -
$25.00

We arrived here on a Saturday afternoon coming from a beautiful, spacious, quiet, peaceful Tennessee COE park. My immediate comment to my husband was "Honey, we're not in Kansas anymore." The campground was packed tight with big rigs hanging precariously on the sides of steep bluffs, roads were narrow and with constant traffic. Our site #8 had quite a funky layout, but with a maneuverable 21' Class B van we made it work, thanks to a 50' power cord and water hose. Our fire pit was piled high with some really nasty looking stuff and trash strewn about the site. Once we cleaned it up (big yuck) it seemed a bit better. Our travel companions were set up in site #6, undeniably the nicest one in the campground. I used the showers the next evening and they were pretty dirty, but likely from not being able to keep up with the crowded weekend traffic. The campground cleared out by Sunday evening so it seemed less claustrophobic. I would caution anyone with a larger rig to be very, very careful in your site selection as stated below. However, power and water pressure were good and Verizon service strong. Other than the campgrounds, the rest of the park was quite nice with lots of family activities. We played the Warriors Path golf course which was hilly, beautiful and challenging. I would return to play that course but would find a different campground in which to stay. - Debbie Collison

Jul 2018 -
$25.00

Three days before arriving they had a Microburst come through that knocked out power and downed many trees, so this review will be a little odd. I was supposed to arrive on Sunday, but had truck problems and kept changing the date. The office people were terrific, very flexible and helpful in accommodating me. Couldn't ask for more, when we arrived the rangers were out with chain saws still cleaning up the mess. The park is beautiful and shows great care. The camping section is somewhat dated. The roads are not in great shape, very narrow and hard to navigate. The sites are all back in, some easy, some not so much, and the vary in length. We have 50 amp service which is strong, the water pressure is a little low, and there is no sewer. OTA TV is great, Verizon phone is strong. Some sites are level, others less so. The biggest negative is trying to turn a large rig around so you can leave. Overall a very nice park, just dated. - BWolfAR

Jun 2018 -
$25.00

I think an RVers experience here will depend a lot on the actual campsite they get. There are very many (like ours) that are jammed in at odd angles right next to the camp road, with barely any clearance between either your RV, tow vehicle, or both, and the road traffic. The sites will fit the rated length RV, but with barely room to park a truck. Could not open awning due to truck parking location. On our site, the on-line reservation photo was fairly misleading, as it did not reflect the steep drop off immediately behind the RV parking area. Many sites up in the "A" loop on the hill not very level, and most units up here are on 3-6 inches or more of blocking on one side or other. But, other than the frequent road traffic feet from our door, we had an OK time here. Bathrooms were clean every day, and consisted of combined, private lockable rooms with showers in them. Power was stable for 4 days, and Verizon signal strength was excellent. Even had decent amount of shade. For the price, I would stay again, but at another site. We thought the Sunday departure and locations of the dump stations would be challenging and a big traffic jam, but it turned out to all go smoothly. - We Roamed and Rambled